Billy Elekana vs.
Junior Tafa
Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.
The men, measured.
Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.
What the numbers say.
Scouting notes, auto-generated — only stats deviating more than 25% from the division median make this list. No narratives, just deviations.
Who did they actually beat?
Full-career records re-graded by the tier of opposition — the same grading the Contender Series pick model uses. Records built on tier-4 competition are worth less than records built on killers.
Billy Elekana
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 5 | 1 |
| Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) | 2 | 1 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 3 | 0 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.54 · 7 tier-1/2 wins · 6 finish wins over 12 documented bouts
In the UFC: 1-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.0 wins over .500
Junior Tafa
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 4 | 6 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 3 | 0 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.66 · 4 tier-1/2 wins · 7 finish wins over 13 documented bouts
In the UFC: 1-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.4 wins over .500
The stand-up battle.
Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Billy Elekana
Distance 88.2% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 0.6% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 11.2% (norm 10.4%)
Junior Tafa
Distance 83.3% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 9.9% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 6.8% (norm 9.3%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Billy Elekana
Head 77.1% (norm 79.2%) · Body 18.2% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 4.7% (norm 9.7%)
Junior Tafa
Head 87.2% (norm 79.2%) · Body 11.5% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 1.3% (norm 7.6%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Elekana L/A | Acc | Light Heavyweight med | Tafa L/A | Acc | Heavyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 78 / 150 | 52.0% | 41.4% | 154 / 320 | 48.1% | 40.1% |
| In the clinch | 1 / 1 | too few to rate | 70.9% | 26 / 38 | 68.4% | 70.6% |
| On the ground | 17 / 19 | too few to rate | 72.3% | 20 / 26 | 76.9% | 70.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 67 / 131 | 51.1% | 38.9% | 160 / 335 | 47.8% | 38.9% |
| To the body | 24 / 31 | 77.4% | 71.9% | 35 / 44 | 79.5% | 76.8% |
| To the legs | 5 / 8 | too few to rate | 81.8% | 5 / 5 | too few to rate | 87.8% |
Zones with fewer than 25 attempts are marked "too few to rate". Each fighter is measured against the median of leaderboard-eligible fighters in his own division (Light Heavyweight: 93 fighters · Heavyweight: 93 fighters).
What lands on them Opponents' accuracy against each man
Green ≤ division median — harder to hit than the typical man in his division.
| Zone | vs Elekana L/A | Opp acc | Light Heavyweight med | vs Tafa L/A | Opp acc | Heavyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 98 / 195 | 50.3% | 40.4% | 116 / 244 | 47.5% | 40.7% |
| In the clinch | 11 / 14 | too few to rate | 68.7% | 5 / 9 | too few to rate | 70.6% |
| On the ground | 18 / 27 | 66.7% | 70.4% | 32 / 69 | 46.4% | 72.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 70 / 172 | 40.7% | 37.5% | 98 / 257 | 38.1% | 38.8% |
| To the body | 33 / 39 | 84.6% | 72.3% | 16 / 23 | too few to rate | 75.1% |
| To the legs | 24 / 25 | 96.0% | 83.0% | 39 / 42 | 92.9% | 84.4% |
The ground war.
Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Tafa has more cage time on record.